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C O N T E N T S 

4-6 Yack · Functional lightweight hunting clothes 

7 CTX membrane 

8 - 9 Sika · Super-functional hunting clothes 

10 - 12 Stirling · Robust, all-round hunting clothes 

13 Gore-Tex ® 

14 - 15 Garcia · Hunting clothes with Gore-Tex ® and Cordura ® 

16 The very last of the few 

Tony Sanchez Ariño is the last surviving professional 

ivory hunter 

24 - 27 Serengetti & Katavi · Clothes for summer hunting 

and safari 

28 - 29 Arusha · Clothes for summer hunting and safari 

30 - 31 Diana · Hunting clothes for women 

32 - 33 Paisley · Hunting clothes for women 

34 Under the Pole Star 

Stories from the Arctic by scientist, author and 

photographer, Ivars Silis 

41 - 43 Break-Up · Camouflage 

44 - 45 Shadow Grass · Camouflage 

46 - 49 Shooting · Clothes for shooting and sport 

50 - 53 Moleskin 

54 Sand of the Summits 

Rudolf Sand was one of the greatest trophy hunters 

the world has ever known 

60 - 63 Greystoke · Tweed 

64 - 67 Dalmore · Tweed 

68 - 69 Kelso · Tweed 

70 - 71 Kent · Tweed 

72 - 73 Skibo · Tweed for women 

74 - 75 Flores · Tweed for women 

76 - 77 Skibo · Hunting clothes for women 

78 A year of the roebuck 

Photo story by Michael Sand 

84 - 85 Oilskin 

86 - 87 Knitwear 

88 - 89 Fleece 

90 - 91 Blaze Orange · Hunting clothes with orange 

safety colour 

92 - 93 Leather · Hunting clothes made from leather and skin 

94 Gaiters & Leggings 

95 Underwear · Special underwear for hunting 

96 Credits

Dear sportsman 

and hunter! 

Again this year we have decided to combine the presentation of our new line of products with exciting reading 

materia l for sportsmen and hunters in all 21 countries where Laksen is present to day. 

Through the following 100 pages you will fi nd a presentation of 150 well thought-out hunting garments in-mixed 

with exciting stories from the hunting world. 

We have visited the only surviving professional ivory hunter, Tony Sanchez Ariño, at his home in Spain. The author 

and fi lmmaker, Ivars Silis, has written a fascinating account on hunting in the Arctic, and we paint a portrait of 

one of the world’s greatest trophy hunters in modern history, Danish Rudolf Sand. Last but not least, we present 

a fascinating photo story on the prettiest member of the deer family, the European roe deer, created by the Danish 

nature photographer and author, Michael Sand. 

The fact that we get around far and wide is by no means a coincidence. It underlines the fact that Laksen in 2006 

offers a greater selection than ever of hunting garments for every purpose – regardless of where in the world you may 

go hunting. 

As always, our products are developed in close co-operation with experienced professional hunters as well as ordinary 

sportsmen from various parts of the world. The close relationship between our design department and our “test 

pilot s” has resulted in some 50 new products this year. We hope that you will be inspired to take some of them 

hunting during the coming season. 

Comfort, function, and quality are key elements in our line of products. In order to achieve the optimum result, we 

constantly test new materials and production methods. Our products can be combined indefi nitely as quality and 

design walk hand in hand. Laksen is the unifi cation of tradition and innovation. That is why we are convinced that 

Laksen garments will become an integral part of your long-term hunting activities as well. 

Lars Thomsen 

Managing director

YACK 

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3231 “Yack” jacket 

Shell: 100% polyester, sanded micro polyester. Lightweight hunting 

jacket with reinforcement and CTX membrane, windproof and 

waterproof and breathable. Handwarmer pockets with fl eece lining, 

ammunition pocket and game pocket with PU coated lining. “Napoleon ” 

pocket under front fl ap. Pocket on sleeve. Inside pockets for mobile 

phone and license. Removable and adjustable storm hood. Adjustable 

waist and hem with elastic string with stringstopper. Reinforcement on 

pocket fl aps, cuffs and shoulder area. 

7646 “Jager” shirt 

100% brushed cotton fl anel. 

Flanel shirt with button-down collar, 

one chest pocket, tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 

9501 “Fox” leather glove 

Soft leather glove with fl eece trim, shooting 

fi nger and CTX membrane and Thinsulate 

lining. Windproof and waterproof. 

8331 “Yack” cap 

Shell: 100% polyester. Cap with CTX 

membrane, fold-up orange warning tape. 

sikkerhedsbånd. 

1231 “Yack” trousers 

Shell: 100% polyester, sanded micro 

polyester. Lightweight hunting trousers with CTX menbrane, 

windproof and waterproof and breathable. Reinforcement at 

inside legs and at pockets. Two slant pockets, rear pocket with 

zipper and leg pocket. 

8131 “Yack” hat 

Shell: 100% polyester. 

Hat with CTX membrane, windproof and waterproof 

and breathable. Fold-up orange warning tape. 

8560 Balaclava 

100% polyester Outlast 

microfl eece . Trim: 100% nylon. 

Colour: Forest green.

CTX MEMBRANE 

Function and comfort second to none 

The letters CTX translate to Comfort, Technology, 

and eXtreme. The CTX membrane was developed 

using the most advanced technologies available. The 

membrane is completely watertight while still allowing 

the body to breathe. This makes the CTX membrane 

the most comfortable weather protection available 

– regardless of climatic conditions and temperature. 

As the only membrane on the market, CTX was 

developed specifi cally for use in shooting and hunting 

clothes. This means, that the membrane offers some 

unique qualities, which are particularly relevant for the 

hunting sportsman. 

In addition to being completely watertight and wind- 

proof, the CTX membrane is extremely silent, which 

is particularly important for instance when stalking. 

The technical properties of the membrane match the 

highly changing conditions that apply when the hunter 

is either physically active or when he sits motionless in 

wait for his quarry. 

The high degree of breathability is important because it 

allows moisture-rich air to escape from the body while 

keeping the skin completely dry. This means, that even 

when a person is physically very active, the skin remains 

dry and comfortable . 

The CTX membrane is tested to the following 

extreme standards: 

Watertightness: 20,000 mm water column per m 2 

Breathability: 30,000 g per m 2 /24 hours. 

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SIKA 

3296 “Sika” jacket 

CTX Membrane. Waterproof, windproof and breathable. 

Shell fabric: 100% micro polyester. Lining: 100% quilted 

polyester . High-performance features for hunting comfort. 

Detachable waterproof stormhood with adjusters . Handwarmer 

pockets. Rear game pocket with waterproof lining. Tabs inside 

handwarmer pockets keep lower pockets open for quick access . 

Inside adjustable waistband, hem and cuffs. Inside elasticated 

cuffs. All strained parts reinforced. 

7634 “Nick“ shirt 

100% cotton, brushed. 

Button-down collar. 

Chest pocket. Embroidery 

in matching colour. 

58 Fleece gloves 

100% microfl eece. Breathable. 

Shooting fi nger. Reinforced palm. 

Colour: Dark green. 

1296 “Sika” trousers 

CTX Membrane. Waterproof, windproof and breathable. 

Shell fabric: 100% micro polyester. Lining: 100% quilted 

polyester. Slant pockets, side pockets, pocket with fl ap at rear. 

All stress areas are reinforced. 

6200 “Wigan” CTX boot 

Light hunting boot with CTX membrane, waterproof 

and breathable . Cordura ® reinforcement. 

8315 Laksen cap 

100% cotton. Lightweight with 

ventilation. Laksen logo. Adjustable. 

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STIRLING 

12 

3222 “Stirling” jacket 

CTX membrane. Windproof, waterproof and breathable. 

Shell fabric: 90% polyester, 10% nylon. Lining: 100% polyester. 

High performance features for hunting comfort. Detachable 

waterproof stormhood with adjusters. Handwarmer pockets. 

Corduroy on the inside collar. Zippered hip, chest and radio pockets. 

Waterproof cargo pockets. Rear game pocket with waterproof lining. 

Tabs inside handwarmer pockets keep lower pockets open for quick 

access. Inside adjustable waistband, hem and cuffs. Inside elasticated 

cuffs. All strained parts reinforced. 

7648 “Winston” shirt 

100% brushed cotton fl anel. Flanel shirt with button-down collar, 

one chest pocket, tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 

1222 “Stirling” trousers 

CTX membrane. Windproof, waterproof and breathable. 

Same materials as “Stirling” jacket. Slant pockets under fl ap, 

waterproof side pocket and zipped rear pocket. Generous cut for 

freedom of action. 

60 Facemask 

100% acrylic. Lightweight 

and soft. Colour: Green blend. 

8322 “Stirling” cap 

CTX membrane. Waterproof 

and breathable. Same materials 

as “Stirling” jacket.

GORE-TEX ® 

More than 30 years ago, Gore-Tex ® presented their 

revolutionary waterproof yet breathable membrane 

for functional garments. At the time, it was generally 

considered impossible to make waterproof clothes, which 

were comfortable to wear. However, the unique combina- 

tion of waterproofness and breathability soon made 

Gore-Tex ® a favoured material for active wear and sports- 

wear where the activity level and prospects of changing 

weather made waterproof and breathable clothing a boon. 

As one of the fi rst producers of hunting clothes in 

Europe, Laksen developed their fi rst line of models with 

Gore-Tex ® back in the beginning of the 1980s. For 

more than 25 years now we have been producing quality 

clothes incorporating the world-renowned Gore-Tex ® 

membrane. 

Today, Gore-Tex ® manufactures a range of different 

products, all designed to keep the wearer warm, dry 

and comfortable regardless of the prevailing climatic 

conditions . The Windstopper followed the Gore-Tex ® 

membrane. This material is 100% windproof while 

being extremely breathable. Ideal for the active hunter 

as the material, in addition to being windproof and 

breathable , is lightweight and noiseless. 

After more than 30 years on the market, Gore-Tex ® 

remains state of the art, and in our ongoing endeavours 

to provide hunters around the globe with optimum 

comfort, functionality and quality, we are proud to be 

partners with the world’s leading manufacturer in 

this fi eld. 

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GARCIA 

3219 “Garcia” jacket 

Shell fabric: 49% cotton, 51% nylon 

Cordura ® . Tefl on ® coated. Gore-Tex ® membrane. Windproof, 

waterproof and breathable. Lining: 100% polyester. High 

performance features for hunting comfort. Detachable waterproof 

stormhood with adjusters . Handwarmer pockets. Waterproof cargo 

pockets. Rear game pocket with waterproof lining. Tabs inside handwarmer 

pockets keep lower pockets open for quick access. Inside 

adjustable waistband, hem and cuffs. 

2219 “Garcia” breeks 

Shell fabric: 49% cotton, 

51% nylon Cordura ® . Tefl on ® coated. 

Gore-Tex ® membrane . Windproof, waterproof 

and breathable. Lining: 100% polyester. 

40 Gore-Tex ® hat 

Warm and waterproof. 

Colour: Forest green blend. 

1219 “Garcia” trousers 

Shell fabric: 49% cotton, 51% nylon Cordura ® . Tefl on ® coated. 

Gore-Tex ® membrane. Windproof, waterproof and breathable. 

Lining: 100% polyester. High performance features for hunting 

comfort. 

8142 Backpack 

Detachable frame transforms into a padded seat. Large pocket with 

drawstring. Large side pockets. Detachable thermo-insulated bag. 

Waterproof bag inside for wet items. Pocket at top for documents. 

9608 “Ranger” Gore-Tex ® gloves 

100% polyester fl eece, with Gore-Tex ® insert. 

Polyamid cuff. Waterproof. 

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Text: Torsten Wegener Photos: Isabel de Quintanilla and Torsten Wegener 

16 

The very last 

Few people have the privilege to make their 

passion their vocation. From early boyhood, 

however , Tony Sanchez Ariño was determined 

to become a professional elephant hunter – and 

so he did. To day, at the ripe age of 76, he is still 

very active in his vocation , but now as a guide for 

modern -day sports hunters. 

He is the last survivor of a long line of famous 

characters who chose to make ivory hunting in 

Africa their living.

of the few 

17

The very last of the few 

Tony Sanchez Ariño was born into a wealthy, respectable 

family in Valencia, Spain, on the 16th February 1930. 

His father was a famous private surgeon, and from the 

day he was born, it was in the cards that Tony would 

one day follow in his father’s footsteps and become a 

doctor. 

In those circles at that time, it was generally considered 

appropriate to obey father’s will, but Tony was not quite 

like the other good middleclass parents’ boys. In physi- 

cal appearance, he also differed from his contemporary 

Spanish friends. Already as a big boy he was considera- 

bly taller than them. Muscular, athletic – and blue eyed! 

His fi elds of interest also went in different directions 

than those of his friends. As a child he would build 

dens in the garden like all boys do, imagining that he 

was a fearless hunter of savage beasts in the jungle. But 

unlike his friends, Tony never quite let go of the dream. 

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He became a frequent visitor to the local library and he 

started reading books about famous big game hunters 

in the darkest Africa. He used to fantasise about what it 

would be like to be face to face with a mighty elephant. 

Just like his heroes, Jim Sutherland or Karamojo Bell 

had been so many times in the books – as in real life. 

Slowly the idea took form in the young man’s head: He 

wanted to go to Africa and become a professional ivory 

hunter himself. Come what may. 

As with most boyhood dreams, the realities of life 

pushed them aside. He fi nished high school and, like 

everyone expected him to, he began studying medicine 

at the Valencia University. In his spare time he was 

helping out at his father’s surgery where he demon- 

strated a good understanding of the medical profession. 

Just like his father, he would become a very good doctor, 

everyone agreed.

Parallel with his studies, he was very active as a sports- 

man. So successful was he that he ended up captaining 

the Spanish national rugby team – a sport that did 

justice to his splendid physique. 

His good looks and charming manners also made him 

extremely popular among members of the other sex, and 

Tony could literally pick and choose between the young 

beauties of Valencia. Even so, it wasn’t women and “la 

dolce vita” that kept him from fi nishing his medical 

studies – it was the unrelenting dream of Africa and life 

as a professional hunter. 

Gorillas in the forest 

Finally, Tony’s father had enough of his son’s constant 

talks of Africa and gave in, and for Tony’s 22nd birthday 

he granted him a safari to Spanish Guinea (now Guinea 

Equatorial). In those days there was no airline service 

to exotic places like that, so Tony embarked the liner 

Ciudad de Sevilla, which twenty-one days later dropped 

anchor off the coast of the island Fernando Po, opposite 

the Cameroon coast. 

There it was. The land that had been the object of his 

dreams ever since boyhood, he felt almost like a new 

Livingstone. He was in Africa at last. 

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The main object of Tony’s fantasies of Africa was 

elephants. As it turned out, however, it was a totally 

different species that was to become his fi rst African “big 

game trophy”. 

Shortly after his arrival, Tony was introduced to one 

of the famous big game hunters of the time, Otto 

Krohnert , who had moved to Spanish Guinea from his 

homeland Namibia to hunt elephant. In between his 

elephant safaris, Krohnert offered his service in helping 

local pygmy villages fi ght off bands of marauding 

gorillas . The animals would come in large numbers and 

ravish the pygmies’ yucca plantations – creating anxiety 

and fear among the pygmies themselves. In those 

days, in the early fi fties, gorillas were numerous in the 

vast and impenetrable rainforests on both sides of the 

Equator . 

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In a moment’s overweening self-confi dence, Tony 

happened to mention that he knew all about gorillas 

(from books, as it were), which immediately caused 

Krohnert to assign him to the task of eliminating some 

of the aggressive animals − much to the shock of the 

totally green hunter. 

Late that same evening, armed with an old Mauser 

calibre 10.75 x 68, borrowed from a friend, Tony 

positioned himself at the edge of one of the pygmies’ 

plantations. With his heart thumping in his chest he 

waited for dawn. He could hear a band of gorillas quite 

close by but he wanted to wait until full daylight before 

he made his move. 

As it is often the case in hunting, an unexpected turn of 

events occurred. Voices from a group of women from a

neighbouring village passing through the forest, startled 

the gorillas, and in a state of panic the animals rushed 

past – and almost right over – the waiting hunter. 

Without a chance for proper aim, Tony managed to fire 

two shots from the heavy rifle before everything went 

quiet around him. At the forest bottom to large male 

gorillas laid slain and in an instance Tony became the 

hero of the local pygmies. 

That was 54 years ago, but Tony remembers the 

incident as if it were yesterday. That was the making of a 

big game hunter. 

On the trail of elephant 

It was not until a few weeks later, however, that Tony’s 

destiny as a big game hunter became finally sealed. It 

happened when he shot his first elephant on a small 

island in the Campo River that forms the border 

between Cameroon and Guinea Equatorial. It was a 

large forest elephant bull that fell to a well-placed bullet 

from the old Mauser rifle. 

From that moment on, Tony was certain that he wanted 

to hunt elephant, and that he would make it his living, 

just like the heroes of his boyhood dreams. 

It is important to remember that in those days elephant 

were found in huge numbers throughout most of Africa 

south of the Sahara. Professional elephant hunters 

– or ivory hunters, as they were called – were able, 

quite legitimately, to generate considerable income by 

shooting elephant bulls and subsequently sell their tusks 

at one of the many ivory markets that supplied an ever 

hungry world market with “white gold” as ivory was 

called. 

Since that memorable day in 1952, Tony has been a 

full-time professional hunter with elephant as his main 

quarry. Over the years, he has hunted elephant in 23 

African countries, something that nobody else has 

done, before or after. He has personally shot almost 

900 elephant bulls, and as a hunter guide accounted 

for additional almost 400 bulls – also something that 

nobody else can match. 

For the 2006 hunting season – at the age of 76 – he is 

booked as a hunter guide for twelve clients who all share 

the same ultimate hunting dream: to bag a large trophy 

elephant under the guidance of the greatest elephant 

hunter alive, Tony Sanchez Ariño. 

If all twelve are successful in their quest, Tony will 

reach the unbelievable figure of 1,300 elephant bagged 

since his debut. But it does not end there. Next year’s 

calendar is already almost full, and Tony intends to keep 

up guiding for as long as he is able to keep pace with 

his native trackers on the fatiguing marches through the 

bush, on the trail of a large elephant bull. 

Keeping pace with his clients is usually no problem. In 

spite of his age, Tony is physically fit like much younger 

men. Elephant hunting can be tough work with enduring 

marches through difficult terrain, under extreme climatic 

conditions, and with a high level of concentration and 

mental stress, hour after hour, day after day. 

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Tony is a remarkable man in other ways as well. He is a 

scholar in several fi elds, he speaks six main languages in 

addition to several native dialects, and he loves opera – a 

passion that has been with him since his teenage years. 

This also distinguished him from his contemporary 

friends who, in those days, were more keen on jazz and 

swing. 

He is passionate about Italian operas – they appeal to 

his romantic disposition. He knows most of them by 

heart, and it must be a strange experience for a safari 

client when Tony, on the march towards camp after a 

successfu l day in the bush, in quite a respectable tenor 

bursts into Cavaradossi’s great aria “E lucevan le stelle” 

from Puccini’s opera, Tosca. 

Stamps and books 

The cultural side of the great man has another side. 

22 

He is a dedicated stamp collector, and 

through the years he has built 

up quite a unique collection of 

stamps from a number of former 

and current African countries. 

During the four months of the 

year where he is normally home 

in Spain, he is a frequent visitor 

at the stamp dealers in the crooked 

streets of old Valencia. If they get 

their hands on something particularly 

interesting, they keep it for Tony. He 

willingly admits that if he sees a 

rarity missing in his collection, 

he becomes just as focussed on acquiring it as 

when he follows the trail of a large old elephant 

bull. Once in a while he gets so carried away 

that he pays more for a particular rarity than he dares 

admit to his wife. 

During his entire adult life, Tony has had a weak heart 

for blonde, Scandinavian type of girls. It was no great 

surprise to his friends, therefore, when he found his 

life’s companion in the young and beautiful Isabel 

who, in spite of her blonde hair, is as Spanish as Tony 

himself. For 42 years now, the two of them have lived 

and worked together in an inseparable partnership. She 

now knows Africa almost as well as he does, and her 

heart beats as much for its people as it does for the land. 

So much so that she recently launched an ambitious 

benevolent project for the Masai people in the remote 

rural Tanzania. 

Tony’s love for the continent, its people and its varied 

wildlife is amply demonstrated in the many books 

he has authored. The books are telltales of a lifetime 

of hunting in all regions of Africa. Almost inevitably 

with elephant in the leading part. However, the books 

are also testimony of his profound understanding and 

appreciation of the complicated mechanisms, which 

control the course of nature. 

One of his books, “Ivory”, is generally regarded as the 

ultimate book on the African elephant and elephant 

hunting. The book has been published in several 

update d and revised versions under different titles, but 

evident in all versions is the feeling that they have been

written by a man who possesses a unique knowledge 

of what he writes about, founded on a vast basis of 

experience . 

His books are not conceived by a cold-blooded 

hunter. They are the works of a humble and dedicated 

professional who regards it as his obligation to provide 

the rest of us with a solid foundation of knowledge on 

which we can build our own conclusions – whether we 

choose to hunt the mighty elephant armed with a rifl e 

or a camera. 

Needless to say, Tony is a highly respected expert on 

guns and ammunition for big game hunting. Few 

– if any – knows as much as he does about the many 

different calibres and type of bullets that are available 

to the modern big game hunter. For this reason, many 

of the famous makers of guns and ammunition have 

for years made use of his expertise as a consultant when 

fi eld-testing new products or ideas. 

A living icon 

To summon up the life and deeds of Tony Sanchez 

Ariño in one short article is simply an impossibility. 

A whole book would not be enough to get all the way 

around this – in more ways than one – great man. Tony 

is one of a kind, a unique personality, whether in the 

African bush or in the streets of Valencia. He is an icon 

for many hopeful modern-day sports hunters, who can 

only dream of the Africa that greeted Tony Sanchez that 

memorable day back in 1952 when he fi rst set foot on 

the dark continent. 

He is the last survivor of a long line of famous ivory 

hunters of the past. Heroes and explorers, eccentrics and 

dreamers in a judicious mixture of good and bad. He is 

the very last of a few. 

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SERENGETTI - KATAVI 

26 

7627 “Serengetti” shirt 

100% cotton. Safari shirt 

with turn-up sleeves. 

Reinforced seams all over. 

Two large chest pockets, and 

pencil opening. Prewashed. 

Colour: Olive. 

7628 “Serengetti” shirt 


with turn-up sleeves. 

Reinforced seams all over. 

Two large chest pockets, and 

pencil opening. Prewashed. 

Colour: Sand. 

5628 “Serengetti” hunting vest 

100% cotton. Safari vest with 

two chest pockets, two large 

cargo pockets with access from 

both top and side. Pocket with 

zipper for licence and map. Large 

game pocket at rear and inside 

pocket. Prewashed. 

Colour: Sand. 

7682 “Katavi ladies shirt 


in a feminine cut with 

turn-up sleeves. Reinforced 

seams all over. Two large 

chest pockets , and pencil 

opening . Prewashed. 

Colour: Sand. 

1627 “Serengetti” jeans 

97% cotton, 3% Spandex. 

6-pocket jeans in stretch 

twill. Knife pocket at rear. 

Prewashed. 


1628 “Serengetti” jeans 


6-pocket jeans in stretch 

twill. Knife pocket at rear. 

Prewashed. 

Colour: Sand. 

8171 Boar hat 

Classic felt hat, 100% wool w. leather band. 

1682 “Katavi” ladies jeans 


6-pocket jeans in stretch twill 

and feminine cut. Knife pocket 

at rear. Prewashed. 

Colour: Sand.

ARUSHA 

DRY+UV-CUT 

7629 “Arusha” shirt 

100% nylon, polybrush. Lightweight, high wicking, 

UV protection. Trekking shirt with mesh insets and 

ventilation openings. Large chest pockets. 

1622 - 1623 “Gilbert” multi-function trousers 

Zip-off trouser-legs at knee length. 5-pocket style. 55% cotton, 

45% polyester . Interior side pocket under fl ap. Slant pockets, 

zipped rear pockets. Articulated knees for a generous fi t. 

Colours: Olive (1622) or Clay (1623). 

6102 - 6103 - 6104 “Pigeon” canvas belt 

100% cotton. Traditional webbing belt with logo buckle. 

Colour: Olive, Camel, Black. 

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DIANA 

3246 “Diana” ladies jacket 

Shell fabric: 100% polyester microfl eece. CTX membrane, 

windproof , waterproof and breathable. Trim collar: corduroy. 

Lining : 100% polyester . Padding: 100% polyester . Handwarmer 

pockets with fl eece lining. Cartridge pockets with waterproof 

lining and drain holes. Tabs inside handwarmer pockets keep 

lower pocket open for quick access . Zippered radio pocket. 

Three inside pockets. Rear gamepocket with waterproof lining. 

Adjustable cuffs, hem and waistband. 

1246 “Diana” ladies trousers 

100% brushed micro polyester 

fl eece water repellent . CTX 

membrane , windproof, waterproof 

and breathable. Slant pocket, side 

pocket and rear pocket with zipper. 

Adjustable cuffs. Elastic waistband. 

8230 “Pentland” daypack 

100% polyester, PU coated, 

waterproof fabric. Lining/inside bags: 

100% polyester. Large and small inside pockets. 

Inside bag for dirty or wet items, plus two outside pockets. 

Worn diagonally for shooting comfort. 

7621 “Marian“ ladies shirt 

100% cotton, brushed. Chest pockets. 

40 Gore-Tex ® hat 

Warm and waterproof. 

Colour: Forest green blend. 

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PAISLEY 

3244 “Paisley” ladies jacket 

Shell fabric: 90% polyester, 10% nylon, water repellat fabric. 

Lining: 100% polyester. Handwarmer pockets and inside collar with 

fl eece. Zippered radio pocket. Two waterproof cartridge pockets with 

drainholes. Tabs inside handwarmer pockets keep lower pockets 

open for quick access. Three inside pockets. Rear game pocket 

with waterproof lining. Adjustable waist, hem and rib cuffs. CTX 

membran e, windproof, waterproof and breathable. 


100% polyester. Adjustable with logo. Blaze orange colour. 

1244 “Paisley” ladies trousers 

Same material combination as the jacket with CTX membrane. 

Side pocket, slant pockets, zipped rear pocket. Adjustable cuffs 

cover boots easily without any zippers . Elastic waistband. Jacket and 

trousers waterproof and breathable. 

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Text and photos: Ivars Silis 

34 

Under

the Pole Star 

Hand a walrus spear to a man and note how he grabs it. 

I have tested many men in my Southern Greenland home. 

Some take the spear with upturned palms and handle it as if 

it was glass. Others take 

it like the most natural 

thing in the world, right 

in the centre of gravity , 

ready to throw it. The latter have a natural instinct for 

hunting ; the former do not. 

Although I was born in Riga and grew up in the heart of 

Copenhagen city, I acknowledge my basic instincts... 

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Under the Pole Star 

Already as a young geophysicist in Northern Greenland, 

the Arctic nature and its people captured me. Just imagine! 

Right outside my windows, I was able to see schools of fin 

whales gambolling between towering icebergs, and flights 

of eider hurrying by in endless numbers. I was captured. 

I simply had to get out there and become a part of it all. 

Out in the crystal clear air, become intoxicated by oxygen, 

and fly on skis or dog sled through a landscape more 

beautiful than even Hans Christian Andersen could have 

conceived it. 

Along the way, I discovered the thrill of hunting, the 

deep feeling of satisfaction that it gave me to be filling the 

cooking pots myself. I shot a few ptarmigans and many 

more guillemots from a dinghy. Wonderful trips in heavy 

seas and rolling mists. 

However, it was not until the following year when I visited 

the Polar Inuit in Thule, the northernmost people in the 

world, that I became totally engulfed. 

Still as a geophysicist at the time. 

From my observatory, I was able to watch as the Inuit 

hunters returned through the driving snow with their dog 

sleds heavily laden with walrus heads and polar bear skins. 

Stocky men, all dressed in fur, in an aura of icy crystals. 

That was enough, the urge to get out there and become 

a part of it all suppressed my sense of duty. The 16th of 

February 1967, precisely on the day that the sun appears 

in the horizon for the first time after a four-months long 

polar night, I gave up my climatic charts, loaded up my 

dog sled with fur clothing, harpoons, rifles, and my entire 

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library – two books in all, and yelled HAC! Pull! Kamik, 

Qajok, Igor (named after Stravinsky, the only dog that 

did not run away when I started singing), and all of my 

other 14 dogs, launched forward in their harnesses and 

away into the wilderness we flew. 

Ever since that day, I have been on the move. To begin 

with as an adventurer and hunter, later as a scientific 

explorer specialising in zoogeographical studies. 

I wanted to develop a better understanding of the 

interaction in nature and the fluctuations of the Inuit’s 

quarry animals. Eventually creativity got the better of 

me. I became a writer, photographer, and film producer 

− in short, an image-maker. 

Insight and commitment 

My fascination of hunting has remained unabated, and 

thinking back, episodes keep popping up in my memory 

like seal heads along the ice edge. 

There are plenty of episodes. I could fill books with my 

stories − which, in fact, I have already done. So far, I 

am the author of 14 books, and more are on the way. 

In addition to the Pole Star, my guiding star has always 

been insight and commitment. 

No matter what I have been doing as an explorer or an 

image-maker, I continue to build on the insight that I 

achieved in my Greenland youth. 

My foster father, Kaagunnaq, and other great bear 

hunters from Thule, were always willing to teach me.

While northern lights were dancing across the tent 

canvas, they introduced me to invaluable wisdom and 

knowledge passed down through centuries. Just as well, 

the Arctic rarely allows you to make the same mistake 

twice. A tough way to learn for men with physique like 

Olympic athletes. 

We used to race against each other along the narrow 

ice ledges clinging to the vertical cliffs along the coast. 

We laughed against blizzards that threatened to sweep 

us clean off the face of glaciers when we were crossing 

from one fiord to the next. I went along when the 

Inuit hunters would walk in a single file onto wobbly 

new ice, tempted by the loud snorting of walruses in 

their blowholes... and the high-arctic summers! Short 

but hectic. Lying dead still, bend over forward in one’s 

kayak under the glowing midnight sun, not daring to 

move a finger, just waiting. Waiting for the school of 

wary narwhals to break the mirror-like surface of the 

fiord within reach of the harpoon. 

We were constantly on the move, always on the look 

out for a quarry. The height of the pile of meat and furs 

on the sledge was an indicator of the hunter’s skill. 

Often we would gorge ourselves on delicatessen like 

raw whale hide or boiled seal intestines, until our 

stomachs were ready to burst, but Inuit hunters in 

those days never shot more than they were able to 

consume. Either they would bring it back on the sledge 

or in the motor boat, or they would deposit it in stone 

pits for later use. 

Ivars Silis (foto) 

Writer and photographer, scientist and lecturer. 

Ivars Silis was born in Riga, Latvia in 1940; he grew up in Denmark 

and in 1964 received a degree in engineering from the Danish 

Engineering Academy. After working as a geophysicist for three years 

in Northern Greenland, he gave up his climatic charts, loaded up his 

dogsled with hunting gear and camera, and joined a group of Polar 

Inuit bear hunters. During the following years, his speciality became 

Arctic photography and expeditions. Ivars Silis had led numerous 

scientific expeditions to Greenland, Canada and the Arctic Archipelago 

Svalbard. Since 1976, he has been writing for National Geographic 

Magazine, GEO, and Stern Magazine. He is the author of 14 books 

published in several languages, and has acted as the photographer and 

producer of more than 10 films and TV documentaries. 

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Under the Pole Star 

The hardest time 

But the feeling of uncertainty never left you. It always 

travelled along, especially on the months-long hunting 

trips. You never knew what to expect... abundance or 

scarcity. It is no secret, that more than once I was forced 

to resort to the sledge driver’s hardest time – to kill 

one of your own dogs in order to use it as food for its 

stronger companions, or for yourself. Tough food, as it 

was always the old and worn-out ones that were 

selected first. 

No wonder that the uncertainty and the fear of famine 

lie as a dark and threatening undertone in much Inuit 

poetry and their myths. 

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One time, some friends and I barely managed to push 

our dog sleds onto an iceberg in the middle of Smith 

Sound before a heavy snowstorm broke, which totally 

eradicated our highway on the sea ice around us in a 

total “white-out”. Just imagine what would happen if 

the iceberg broke! My travelling companions took the 

situation in fatalistic composure, but not I. Why the 

devil did I not choose a secure job as an engineer in a 

Danish engineering company with a fixed salary and a 

pension plan? 

As it turned out, we were more frightened than hurt. 

The storm blew us across to the coastal ice along 

Inglefield Land. The same route that Inuit clans had 

followed through millenniums from Canada in their 

search for new hunting grounds in Greenland. 

I could tell stories about dramatic hunts for Arctic big 

game like polar bears, narwhals, muskoxen, and caribou. 

Or about the incident where a walrus inadvertently 

became my swimming toy – very inadvertently. 

When I look back, however, there is one animal that has 

fascinated me more than any other, the ringed seal. It 

was and is the Inuit hunters’ daily bread. Without it, the 

ancestors of present-day Greenlanders could not have 

survived. 

The first time one drives out across a high-arctic 

fiord landscape covered in snow and ice, it is hard to 

believe that any animal can survive in these barren 

surroundings. But the ringed seal can. Even in the 

middle of the darkest polar night it hunts polar cod

under the ice cover. It is capable of keeping its blowholes 

open even in meter-thick sea ice. 

Using trained tracking dogs the Inuit hunters locate the 

blowholes under the snow cover between the packed 

ice. The hunter sends his dog away and places himself a 

meter away from the hole the size of a large coin. There 

he waits without even shifting his weight from one foot 

to another... − even the slightest creak in the snow will 

chase the seal away. And then, suddenly, maybe after 

an hour’s waiting, the sound of snorting in the hole. 

The third time the seal breathes out: Action! One shot 

through the ice and a thrust with the harpoon. 

Polar bear hunting 

The Inuit hunters must have learned the method of 

picking seals out through their blowholes from polar 

bears. It is a method that requires knowledge, skill, and 

an angel-like patience − and still there is no way to make 

sure that the seal decides to use precisely that particular 

blowhole, you have chosen. 

In May, when the midnight sun circles continuously 

in the sky, the seal widens its blowhole and climbs up 

onto the ice cover to change fur. Fat, and with a coat 

that shines like silver, it doses on the flat surface with a 

360-degree view. Occasionally it lifts it head with a jerk. 

Nothing will be allowed to creep up upon it unnoticed 

– whether polar bear or man. 

If it only knew that, what appears to be an ice floe in 

the horizon, in reality is a small white sail mounted on 

a small shooting sledge, carrying a loaded Sako rifle in 

calibre .222. Perched on all fours, the hunter pushes the 

sled closer and closer. Also this popular form of stalking, 

the Inuit hunters must have picked up from the polar 

bears. 

How it feels, seen from a seal’s perspective, I am able to 

relate: 

At the end of a scientific polar bear expedition – we had 

been mapping polar bear winter dens – the Norwe- 

gian wildlife warden, Olav Hjeljord, and myself were 

dropped off by a ski plane at the Brennevins Fiord to 

the very north of the Svalbard archipelago. 

As soon as the plane lifted again, Olav and I streaked off 

onto the ice cover on our skis, towards a polar bear dos- 

ing next to a seal carcass. It noticed us from far off and 

ran away. We put our rifles down and began reconstruct- 

ing the kill. The tracks were easily readable: After having 

stalked up to a distance of twenty meters from the seal, 

the bear had launched into a giant leap, skidded several 

meters, before crushing the scull of the seal with a single 

blow of a paw. 

While we are sitting there on our knees with our meas- 

uring tape, Olav whispers: - The bear is coming back! 

With its nose lifted high, extremely cautious. 

– How about the two of us playing seals, I suggested, let 

us see what happens! Olav quickly agreed. We lay down 

in full length and scratched ourselves on the sides the 

way seals do. Every time we lifted our heads, the bear 

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froze. Its yellow-white fur blended perfectly with the 

snowy surroundings. 

When it was only 40 meters away, I whispered: – Do 

you think this might be the bear that we are going to 

collect for the Natural Museum in Oslo? (We had a 

license to shoot a bear for this purpose.) 

– Yeahh... 

The bear approached. At twenty meters’ distance, 

it lowered its front end and the muscles tightened. 

I reiterated my question: – Is this the candidate? 

– Yes! 

Alas, shining white fur totally filled my rifle scope. 

In stead I was forced to sight down along the rifle barrel. 

At the distance, this was no problem, and now the bear 

is displayed in a glass cabinet in Oslo! 

The great freedom 

The carefree feeling that I experienced in my Greenland 

youth is long gone. In those days there were no closed 

seasons and even fewer financial worries in a modest 

way of life. But no progress without costs. 

In many Greenland communities the snow scooter is 

slowly driving the dog sled into oblivion, and speed- 

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boats take over from kayaks. The population is steadily 

increasing and so is the standard of living. The hunters 

acquire ever more efficient firearms. 

GPS wayfinders and radios have increased mobil- 

ity, and at the same time the prices on the hunters’ 

products keep dropping. The consequences are 

predictable: The hunting pressure increases, wildlife 

biologists will issue warnings, off seasons are 

prolonged, reservations are established, and game 

wardens are employed. 

Personally I have never been able to see any difference 

between the interests of the biologists and those of 

the hunters. Quite the contrary. We are all pulling the 

same sledge. 

Be familiar with the natural resources of an area and 

leave the rest to a responsible wildlife management. In 

that respect, the Inuit hunters welcome tourist hunters. 

They love to take visitors out for an Arctic adventure. 

Out where the Pole Star is twinkling. Where dreams 

are still alive, and where the great freedom can still be 

experienced.

BREAK-UP 

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SHOOTING 

Professional product development 

The Laksen range is developed in close co-operation 

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garments for shooting. 

In 2005, Steve Marsden set a remarkable world record 

by shooting no less than 7,314 doves in 9,500 shots 

from his semi-automatic calibre 12 in the course of 13 

hours. That equals a hit rate of unbelievable 77%! 

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Steve is a professional with very fibre of his body and 

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activity. That makes him the ideal partner for Laksen 

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MOLESKIN 

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one pocket at rear. Anti-slip 

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Text: Jens E. Perto. Private photos 

Among hunting connoisseurs, the trophies from mountain 

sheep and goats are generally regarded as top of the 

class. They are only attainable through persistence and 

hard work – in addition to expert skills and a considerable 

amount of good fortune. 

Rudolf Sand is without a doubt the most successful hunter 

of mountain sheep and goats the world has ever known. 

Paradoxically, his home was in fl at Denmark where the 

highest point is a mere hill, 173 meters over sea level. 

Sand 

of the summits 

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Through half a century, Rudolf Sand acquired a collec- 

tion of trophies that nobody was able to match during his 

lifetime. The collection is impressive in itself, but what 

makes it truly phenomenal is the large number and unique 

quality of trophies from nearly all of the world’s wild sheep 

and goats. 

Most hunters experience a sound development of their 

hunting interests through their life. The young or 

inexperienced hunter’s desire to shoot as much game as 

possible in the shortest possible time, or to boast about 

having killed so-called dangerous big game, can be 

regarded as a kind of youthful folly. 

The seasoned hunter, on the other hand, is intrigued by 

the challenges that hunting has to offer – whether it is in 

the form of a diffi cult stalk of an old buck hiding in the 

thickets, bagging a wily woodcock or a lightning fast teal, 

or by setting a high standard for the size or quality of the 

trophies one collects. To the seasoned hunter, the inherent 

challenge is the very essence of hunting. Few hunters have 

overcome more challenges than Danish Rudolf Sand. 

During his lifetime, Rudolf Sand bagged no fewer than 

281 different species of game from nearly all parts of 

the world. They were obtained − while exerting himself 

to the extreme under all kinds of logistical and climatic 

diffi culties – on forty African safaris, sixty Asian shikars, 

more than twenty hunting expeditions to North and 

South America, and more than four hundred hunting 

excursions in Europe, especially Scandinavia, before 

Rudolf Sand was forced to retire from the hunting path 

because of serious illness in 1995. 

The beginning 

Rudolf Sand was born in 1923 and, in his adult life, 

made a living from practising as a high court attorney. 

Hunting was in the family blood, although the young 

Rudolf’s passion for the sport was of a different nature 

than that of his ancestors. He bagged his fi rst “big 

game trophy” – a European roebuck – at 6 minutes to 

6 a.m. on the 6th July 1938. However, it was not until 

the end of World War II that hunting abroad became a 

possibility for him. 

In those days, there was no such thing as packaged 

hunting tours, and with Sand’s exotic taste in game 

species and hunting grounds he was, consequently, 

forced to do some exploration work himself – with 

or without his hunting gun. The insurmountable 

bureaucratic problems associated with obtaining hunt- 

ing permits, not least in countries behind the Iron 

Curtain and other closed-off areas, to him were just 

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Sand of the summits 

another challenge that had to be dealt with. And, if 

such problems were not enough, Sand was very fi rm in 

his position that any particular species of game should 

only be hunted in it’s natural habitat and always while 

adhering to the highest standards of hunting ethics. 

This attitude, naturally, contributed to the diffi culties he 

faced in acquiring his unique collection of trophies, and 

it places his lifetime achievement in a class of its own. 

Rudolf Sand’s very fi rst mountain hunt took place 

in Austria in 1951 where he bagged a handsome 

chamois. Four years later his eyes were set on a Span- 

ish ibex, which in those days was extremely diffi cult 

to get permission to shoot. Nowadays this species is 

much more common. Applying all of his well-known 

persistence , Sand managed to bag an old buck with 

horns of more than 80 cm length a side, an extreme 

rarity in those days. 

The next proof of Rudolf Sand’s unique ability to over- 

come even the most serious political and bureaucratic 

diffi culties came in 1958 when he succeeded in obtain- 

ing permission to shoot a mature alpine ibex in the 

famous Gran Paradiso National Park. At that time, this 

was something that only the former Italian king and the 

brother of the Shah of Persia had been permitted to do. 

It seems almost superfl uous to mention that Sand’s ibex 

turned out to be one of the biggest ever recorded. 

Persistence 

In 1966, after some years with hunting expeditions to 

Africa, India, and North America, Sand was ready for 

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one of the biggest challenges in his hunting life. After 

an enormous preparation and planning work, and with 

assistance from the Danish Natural Museum, Sand and 

his good friend, Allan Lunderquist, as the fi rst Europe- 

ans since the Russian revolution, commenced a lengthy 

expedition with yak oxen deep into the Pamir range. 

The Pamir forms the border between China, Russia, 

and Afghanistan. The ultimate goal was to bag one of 

the fabled Marco Polo rams named after the famous 

Venetian explorer who, as the fi rst European ever, in the 

1300s laid eyes on the massive curled horns of the up to 

180 kg heavy mountain rams. 

Sand and Lunderquist both succeeded in getting a 

Marco Polo ram and, in addition, Sand managed to bag 

one of the best Himalaya ibexes ever shot by a sports 

hunter. It says a lot about Sand’s eagerness and persist- 

ence that, just two days after the hunters returned to 

Kabul after one month’s hardships in the mountains, 

they packed up and left for Nouristan where they hoped 

to bag a Markhor buck and an Afghan urial ram – in 

spite of warnings that none of these species were present 

in the area at that time of year. 

The commitment that the two hunters displayed is put 

into perspective by the fact that, in those days, it was 

necessary to walk 120 km through the mountains just 

to get to the hunting area – a distance that they covered 

in only four days, in spite of a full camp load on their 

shoulders and a trackless and extremely rough terrain. 

As it turned out, in spite of their efforts, there was not 

enough time to locate any of the two species and the 

hunters had to walk the long way home empty-handed.

The big game hunting “Oscar” 

Only four or fi ve big game hunters in the world have 

managed to acquire a collection of trophies similar to 

that of Rudolf Sand. Moreover, his trophy collection 

comprise a larger number of rare and exotic species than 

any other collection, and −uniquely − his has been col- 

lected almost entirely by using one and the same rifl e, 

a Danish made Schultz & Larsen in 7x61 calibre. It 

was given to him as a gift in 1960 from a grateful client 

whose court case he had just won! 

The fi rst piece of game that Sand bagged with his new 

rifl e was a great bustard, shot in Hungary. These big 

birds are extremely wary and Sand was forced to shoot 

his from 300 meter’s distance. Naturally, Sand was 

ecstatic about the performance of his new rifl e as, until 

that time, he has had to resort to a rather lame 8x56 

Mannlicher-Schönauer for all his hunting. The success- 

ful debut in Hungary was soon followed up on Sand’s 

fi rst safari to Kenya and Tanzania in 1960 where he 

used the rifl e to bag no fewer than 27 different trophies. 

Through his hunting career, Rudolf Sand bagged more 

than 270 different species with his 7x61 rifl e. In all 

probability, no other rifl e in history has ever shot so 

many different species of game. These range in size 

from foxes to big game like lion, tiger, polar bear, bison, 

Cape buffalo, Gaur buffalo, and giant eland. 

After more than 40 years’ of hard service in all kinds of 

terrains and climates, with temperatures ranging from 

plus to minus 65 Co, it is not surprising that Sand’s 

trusted 7x61 rifl e looks slightly battered. He stubbornly 

insisted, that it should retain it’s well-earned patina 

– even if it meant that the shiny surfaces might refl ect 

the rays of the sun and thereby warn a quarry. The scope 

currently mounted on the rifl e is the fi fth during time, 

which gives an indication of the rough service it has seen. 

Sand kept all his sighting-in targets right back from 1960 

until the day he stopped hunting. With the preferred 

150 grains Nosler bullets, the rifl e is still able to produce 

groupings of less than 5 cm (2”) diameter at 200 meters’ 

distance. Not surprisingly, a few years before his death, 

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Rudolf Sand wrote to me that, in his opinion, the 7x61 

was the world’s best rifle. 

In 1976, when he was awarded the big game hunters’ 

“Oscar”, The Weatherby Award, Sand found himself 

in a dilemma. He finished his speech of thanks to the 

audience of 300 tuxedoed big game hunters by saying 

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that he supposed that he was the only winner ever of 

The Weatherby Award who actually had never fired a 

Weatherby rifle! Roy Weatherby was noted for taking 

the remark in stride! 

His best trophy 

After the successful trip to the Pamir in 1966, Sand 

launched one big hunting expedition after the other to 

places like Mongolia, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Iran, Sudan, 

and Nepal, all targeted at mountain trophies. In 1974, 

Sand succeeded, as one of only two hunters since World 

War II, in bagging a Nilgiri tahr in southern India. 

Four years later, he repeated the success in Nepal where 

he bagged a much more common member of the tahr 

family – a Himalayan tahr. In between, he made a 30- 

days’ excursion on foot into the mountains of Northern 

India where he picked up a rare Bharal ram trophy at an 

altitude of 6,000 meters! 

Sand celebrated his 60th birthday by travelling to 

Mongolia for the third time in an attempt to get a 

much-coveted Argali ram trophy with magical 60-inch 

long horns. He almost succeeded this time – his trophy 

measured 59 ½ inches! 

When the Iron Curtain fell, the hunting areas that had 

been closed for decades for political reasons re-opened. 

Sand was, naturally, among the very first western 

hunters to bag exotic mountain species like Siberian 

snow sheep on the Kamchatka peninsula, Kuban tur in 

the Caucasus, and several subspecies of Argali rams in 

China.

In his own opinion, Sand’s best trophy ever was 

a Markhor buck, which he bagged in Pakistan on 

Christmas Eve in 1983. Few people would have the 

stamina to go through what Sand had to, before he 

finally got his dream trophy. After the first fruitless 

attempt in 1966, he tried again in Nouristan in 1969, 

still without success. Unsuccessful were also three 

expeditions to Hunza in 1974 and Kashmir in 1980 and 

1981. On the first two trips, Sand went without a rifle. 

He just wanted to explore the availability of Markhor 

before he launched his attempt to obtain a hunting 

permit − a task that required a huge amount of paper- 

work and lobbying. 

The Kashmir expedition in 1981 lasted 30 days. During 

this time, Sand saw a total of five mature Markhor 

bucks where the largest had a mediocre trophy of 

approximately 35 inches. In spite of a yearlong desire 

to bag a Markhor, Sand decided to leave this one. He 

wanted an exceptional trophy or nothing. 

After having spent a total of 110 days in the mountains 

in his search for a good Markhor trophy without having 

fired a single shot, Sand was ready for yet another 

attempt in 1983, where − much to his own surprise and 

with very short notice − he was granted permission to 

hunt an old buck in Chitral Gol in northwest Pakistan. 

After 15 days of extremely hard hunting, he finally 

succeeded in bagging his dream trophy. Sand shot the 

best Markhor bagged since World War II, an 11-year old 

buck with horns of more than 47 inches each (120 cm). 

Hunting in Scandinavia 

In spite of his many travels abroad, Rudolf Sand did not lie low 

when it came to hunting in Scandinavia. With his trusted 7x61 

rifle, he shot no fewer than 95 red deer, 150 fallow deer, and 

more than 400 roe deer, in addition to some 170 Scandinavian 

moose. 

A result of his unquenchable thirst for hunting and shooting, 

Rudolf Sand also became one of Scandinavia’s most successful 

bird hunters. Through his hunting life, Sand bagged a total 

of 53,276 pieces of game, all meticulously noted in his game 

records. 

Many hunters in Scandinavia and abroad boast of larger game 

totals, not least older generations of hunters. However, by far 

the most pieces of game were bagged by these hunters on driven 

shoots, where the tally depended more on the hunter’s ability to 

hit a flying target and the dimensions of his wallet rather than 

on hard work. Rudolf Sand was a master with shotgun as well 

as with rifle. In addition, he was just as hard working and 

persistent when hunting wild birds as he was in the mountains. 

His game records note a lifetime total of 790 woodcocks, 1.847 

ptarmigans, 1.696 teal, 8.207 wood pigeons, and 426 snipe! His 

clients must indeed have been patient! 

Rudolf Sand went to the happy hunting grounds in 2002.

GREYSTOKE 

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3120 “Greystoke” tweed jacket 

CTX membrane, windproof, waterproof and breathable. 100% 

Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits, Tefl on ® coated. Amaretta 

reinforced . Lining: polyester. Ammunition pockets. Handwarmer 

pockets with fl eece lining. 

5121 “Greystoke” tweed vest 

100% Scottish new wool/ 

Thrie Estaits, Tefl on ® coated. 

Amaretta reinforcement. 

Lining: polyester. Ammunition 

pockets, adjustable waist, 

leather-like buttons. 

8220 “Greystoke” 

gamebag with net 

100% Scottish new wool/ Thrie 

Estaits, rubber laminated, cotton 

lining, leather trim. 

8122 Stockings 

65% new wool, 

35% nylon. Designed to 

match tweed collection in 

colour and style. Rust. 

2120 “Greystoke” tweed breeks 

Waterproof and breathable. Shell fabric same as jacket. 

CTX membrane . Tefl on ® coated. Slant pockets Amaretta 

reinforced . Waistband and adjustable cuffs with anti-slip tape. 

7614 “Duke” shirt 

100% brushed cotton, prewashed. Shirt with cut-away collar, one 

chest pocket, tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 

8222 “Greystoke” 

ammunition bag 

100% Scottish new 

wool/Thrie Estaits, rubber 

laminated , cotton lining, 

leather trim. 

8120 “Greystoke” tweed cap 

100% Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits, 

Tefl on ® coated. Lining: polyester. 

20 “Greystoke” tie 

100% Silk. Coordinates 

with Greystoke line.

DALMORE 

3144 “Dalmore” tweed jacket 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new wool from Thrie Estaits, water 

repellent , anti slide, Tefl on ® coated. Amaretta reinforcement. 

Lining: 100% polyester. Windproof and waterproof Gore-Tex ® 

membrane with high breathability. Ammunition pockets with 

Amaretta trim. High collar. Inside rib cuffs. Handwarmer 

pockets with fl eece lining. Articulated sleeves for generous fi t. 

This article is made in a new design with more length and slit 

at the back. 

2144 “Dalmore” tweed knickers 

Same material as jacket. 

Gore-Tex ® membrane. 

Tefl on ® coated. Slant pockets 

with Amaretta reinforcement 

. Rear pocket. Waistband 

and cuffs with anti-slip tape. 

Adjustable cuffs. New tailor-made 

design with extra length at the back. 

7612 “Aragon” shirt 

100% brushed cotton, 

prewashed . Button-down collar, 

one chest pocket, tone-in-tone 

embroidered logo. 

31 “Grouse” tie 

100% silk tie. 

8144 “Dalmore” tweed cap 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new 

wool from Thrie Estaits, Tefl on ® 

coated/water repellent. 

5144 “Dalmore” 

tweed shooting vest 

100% Scottish new wool from 


Amaretta reinforcement. 

Lining: polyester. Ammunition 

pockets, adjustable waist, 

leather-like buttons. 

7826 “Perth” sweater 

80% wool, 20% acryllic 

Lambswool pullover with v-neck. 


7827 “Perth” sweater 

80% wool, 20% acryllic 

Lambswool pullover with v-neck. 

Colour: Rust. 

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DALMORE 

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3145 “Dalmore” shooting jacket 

Classic 3-button jacket with shooting calves at the back, 

ammunition pockets, and Amaretta reinforced elbows. 

Tefl on ® coated. Perfect for shooting and social activities. 

7612 “Aragon” shirt 

100% brushed cotton, prewashed . Button-down collar, one chest 

pocket, tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 


65% new wool, 35% nylon. 

Designed to match tweed collection in 

colour and style. Green. 

32 “Mallard” tie 

100% silk tie. 

2127 “Dunmhor” tweed breeks 

Lightweight tweed breeks in 100% Scottish new wool from Thrie 

Estaits . Tefl on ® coated. Slant pockets and rear pocket. Colour matches 

the Laksen range of tweed jackets. This item has no membrane. 

33 “Pheasant” tie 

100% silk tie.

KELSO 

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3155 “Kelso” tweed jacket 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new wool/Thrie 

Estaits, water repellent , anti slide, Tefl on ® coated. Amaretta 

reinforcement. Lining: 100% polyester. Windproof and waterproof 

Gore-Tex ® membrane. High breathability. Ammunition pockets with 

Amaretta trim. High collar. Inside rib cuffs. Handwarmer pockets 

with fl eece lining. Articulated sleeves for generous fi t. 

5155 “Kelso” 

tweed shooting vest 

100% Scottish new 

wool/Thrie Estaits, Tefl on ® 

coated. Amaretta reinforcement. 

Lining: polyester. Ammunition pockets, 

adjustable waist, leather-like buttons. 

55 “Kelso” tie 

100% silk. 

Matching to “Kelso” tweed. 

2155 “Kelso” tweed breeks 

Same material as jacket. Gore-Tex ® membrane. Tefl on ® coated. 

Slant pockets with Amaretta reinforcement. Rear pocket. 

Waistband and cuffs with anti-slip tape. Adjustable cuffs. 

7613 “Bramble” shirt 

100% brushed cotton, prewashed. Button-down collar, one chest 

pocket, tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 

8155 “Kelso” tweed cap 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new wool 

from Thrie Estaits, water repellent. 

Tefl on ® coated.

KENT 

3170 “Kent” tweed jacket 

Windproof and waterproof and breathable. Shell fabric: 100% 

Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits, water repellent, anti slide, Tefl on ® 

coated. Amaretta reinforced. Lining: polyester. Gore-Tex ® 

membrane. Ammunition pockets. High collar with chin protection. 

Handwarmer pockets with fl eece lining. Articulated sleeves. 

5170 “Kent” tweed vest 

100% Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits, water 

repellent, anti slide, Tefl on ® coated. 

Lining: polyester. 

8170 “Kent” tweed cap 

100% Scottish new wool/ 


Lining: polyester. 

8270 “Kent” ammunition bag 

100% Scottish new wool/Thrie 

Estaits, rubber laminated, 

cotton lining, leather trim. 

5171 “Kent” tweed shooting vest 

Similar to “Kent” vest but with 

Amaretta-reinforced yoke. Large cartridge 

pockets. Tefl on ® coated. 

70 “Kent” tie 

100% silk. Designed 

to match “Kent” line. 

2170 “Kent” tweed breeks 

Windproof and waterproof and breathable. Same materials as the 

jacket. Gore-Tex ® membrane. Tefl on ® coated. Amaretta reinforced 

slant pockets . Anti-slip waistband and cuffs for a perfect fi t. 

8272 “Kent” gamebag with net 

100% Scottish new wool/ Thrie 

Estaits, rubber laminated, 

cotton lining, leather trim. 

7613 “Bramble” shirt 

100% brushed cotton, prewashed. 

Button-down collar, one chest pocket, 

tone-in-tone embroidered logo. 


65% new wool, 35% nylon. 

Designe d to match tweed collection 

in colour and style. Rust. 

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SKIBO 

3192 “Skibo” ladies tweed jacket 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new wool/Thrie 

Estaits, water repellent, anti slide, Tefl on ® coated. Lining: 100% polyester . 

Windproof and waterproof CTX membrane . Breathable. Ammunition 

pockets . High collar with Amaretta trim. Handwarmer pockets with 

fl eece lining. 

7712 “Tracker” blouse 


Flanel blouse with fashion collar, large cuffs, feminine fi t. 

8610 “Skibo” hat 

Moleskin hat with reversible Skibo tweed trim. 

2610 “Skibo” breeks 

Moleskin breeks in a feminine cut. Two front pockets with wide 

waistband. Legs with adjustable cuffs with Velcro. 

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FLORES 

3161 “Flores” ladies tweed jacket 

Windproof and waterproof and breathable. Shell fabric: 100% 

Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits, water repellent, Tefl on ® coated. 

Amaretta reinforced collar. Lining: 100% polyester. CTX 

membrane . Feminine fi t and comfort. Zippered handwarmer 

pockets with fl eece. Adjustable waist. 

7620 “Elisabeth“ ladies shirt 

100% cotton, brushed. Chest pockets. Feminine cut. 

2161 “Flores” ladies tweed breeks 

Windproof and waterproof, breathable. Same material as 

“Flores” jacket, CTX membrane . Tefl on ® coated. Slant pockets 

with Amaretta trim. Waistband and cuffs with anti-slip tape. 

Adjustabl e cuffs. 

8161 “Flores” ladies tweed hat 

Shell fabric: 100% Scottish new wool/Thrie Estaits. 

Water repellent, anti slide, Tefl on ® coated. Lining: 100% 

polyester. Tone on tone embroidery. 

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8610 “Skibo” hat 

Moleskin hat with reversible tweed trim. 

7850 “Bessie” ladies cardigan 

67% wool, 33% polyester Side pockets. 

Wollen cardigan with high rib collar.

7712 “Tracker” blouse 


Flanel blouse with fashion collar, large cuffs, feminine cut. 

2610 “Skibo” breeks 

Moleskin breeks in a feminine cut. Two front pockets with wide 

waistband. Legs with adjustable cuffs with Velcro. 

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A year of the roebuck 

Text and photos: Michael Sand 

The roebuck sheds its antlers in late autumn and 

during the winter months a new set develop under the 

protective velvet. As the days grow longer in March and 

April, the antlers stop growing. However, exactly when 

the buck starts stripping the velvet off the antlers varies 

considerably from one buck to another. Typically, two- 

year old bucks or older clean their antlers some time in 

March or April. Younger bucks usually later in spring. 

Even after the antlers have been stripped from the 

velvet, the bucks will keep on fraying against young trees 

and shrubs as an element of their territorial behaviour. 

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The increasing daylight during late winter also affects 

the does. The foetuses in their wombs again start 

growing. Right after fertilization in July-August the 

development of the foetuses is arrested for about four 

months. During the winter months where there is a 

shortage of food, the foetuses grow very slowly. That 

way the process does not affect the constitution of the 

doe during this difficult period. Only when the days 

grow longer and the food resources increase, the foetuses 

really start growing. This so-called embryonic diapause 

is nature’s way of counteracting a cold and demanding 

winter period. 

Winter

During the winter months the roebucks show no territorial 

behaviour, and it is not until April and May that the bucks 

establish their summer territories. Normally, the stronger 

bucks will occupy the same territories as the previous year. 

But even though the older bucks are very stationary in a 

particular area, they rarely expose themselves. 

When the young buck is successful in establishing a terri- 

tory, it will remain in the area for the rest of its life. Every 

year the borders must be re-negotiated with the neigh- 

bours and even though the boundary poles may be moved 

one way or the other, the territories normally remain 

Spring 

unchanged. At least for as long as the master buck is able 

to defend it against his competitors. A roebuck does not 

believe that the grass is greener on the other side, and it 

very rarely changes its territory once it has been established. 

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Spring 

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The master buck 

is quite intolerant of 

other bucks, and younger 

bucks that have reached 

sexual maturity are driven 

out with more or less vigour. 

The young bucks often establish 

themselves along the perimeter of 

the master buck’s territory, but they 

will keep trying to take it over. Not 

least when the does come into heat. 

Year by year the perimeter bucks become stronger and 

stronger. They are not prepared to accept a life in the 

shadow and will continuously try to claim an ever- 

bigger part of the master buck’s territory. This way, the 

master buck gradually loses ground, until the point 

where a younger and stronger rival is able to drive him 

out. If a master buck dies prematurely during the period 

where territories are maintained, one of the perimeter 

bucks immediately takes over the vacant area – wholly 

or partly.

The does do not establish territories as such, and often 

several does can be observed feeding together in com- 

parative peace. However, does are very stationary and 

will very rarely leave their home ground, which may be 

as small as a few hectares. As long as it is large enough 

to ensure sufficient food supplies for the doe and its 

offspring. 

The peaceful spring and summer period may seem as 

one long preparation for the upcoming wedding party, 

which takes it beginning when the light summer nights 

start to become short. Studies have shown that it is the 

dwindling daylight, which causes the does to come into 

estrus in July and August. It is during this period that 

the bucks are reaping the fruits of the hard work to 

defend their territories during the summer. 

Summer 

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Patiently the buck awaits the moment when the doe is 

ready to let herself be seduced in the spectacular mating 

dance where the bucks follows the doe around with his 

head at her tail. During the mating dance, the pair of 

them may go round and round a small bush or tree for 

several minutes until a prominent ring-shaped path has 

been trod in the vegetation – the so-called ring-run or 

treason. 

Normally the rut begins with the doe moving around 

in the area spreading her scent to attract suitors to be 

in the vicinity when she is ready. The doe is in estrus 

only for about 24 hours, once a year. Unlike red deer 

and fallow, there is not another time around if she is 

unsuccessful the first time. 

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Summer

Shortly after the rut, the bucks stop defending their 

territories and during the autumn and winter months they 

display very little aggressiveness towards other bucks. In 

November and December the bucks shed their antlers and 

shortly after a new set starts to grow. 

In normal winters, the roe deer have no problems sur- 

viving, and only in severe winters are they experiencing 

difficulties in finding sufficient food. However, during 

the winter months, the roe deer are vulnerable to human 

disturbance as naked trees and bushes offer very little 

protection. The deer easily feel exposed and tend to take 

flight much more often and at greater distances. This con- 

tributes substantially to draining their energy resources. 

Roe deer do not accumulate fat during the winter months, 

Autumn 

and if the energy consumption is greater than the energy 

intake for any length of time, this results in weight loss 

and loss of resistance to diseases. Not even in areas with 

a surplus of food resources will the deer be able to make 

up for weight loss suffered earlier on. Only when spring 

arrives will the deer be able to rebuild their constitution. 

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OILSKIN 

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310 Oilskin jacket 

100% waxed cotton oilskin. Water 

repellent. Leather trim. Checkered 

wool lining. Large cargo pockets. 

Handwarmer pockets. 

1670 “Sanco” durable 

hunting trousers 

5-pocket style. 65% polyester, 35% 

cotton. Shell fabric waxed and water 

repellent. Side pocket under fl ap. 

Two slant and two rear pockets. 

Reinforced inside seam. Anti-slip 

buttons . Colour: Olive. 

810 Oilskin hat 

100% Waxed cotton oilskin. Polyester lining. 

Turn-out orange safety tape. 

1671 “Sanco” durable 

hunting trousers 

5-pocket style. 65% polyester, 35% 

cotton . Shell fabric waxed and water 

repellent. Side pocket under fl ap. 

Two slant and two rear pockets. 

Reinforced inside seam. Anti-slip 

buttons . Colour: Forest.

KNITWEAR 

7516 “Glen” 

windbreaker 

Shell: 50% wool, 

50% polyester. 

Cable knitted sweater, 

with front zipper in wool-acrylic mix. 

Wind-resistant lining. 

7860 “Clark” windbreaker 

Shell: 50% wool, 50% polyester. Cable knitted sweater, with front 

zipper in wool-acrylic mix. Wind-resistant lining. 

7851 “Buster” knitwear 

Woolen sweater with high-rib collar. 67% wool, 33% polyester. 

Two side pockets with zipper. 

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FLEECE 

7996 “Ibex” fl eece jacket 

100% polyester micro-fl eece, anti pilling, Windstopper ® lining , 

100% windproof, breathable. 

7531 Fleece jacket 

Microfi bre reinforcement. Wind-Tec lining. Reinforced shoulder trim 

reduces pressure when carrying rifl e or backpack. 

7507 Fleece jacket 

100% windproof and breathable. 100% soft Isotec fl eece, reinforced 

with 45% Cordura ® and 55% cotton. Windstopper ® membrane . 

Long cut, high collar. Zipped armpit ventilation. 

Forest green with light green contrasts. 

7950 Microfl eece sweater 

100% polyester pile. Multi-coloured green. 

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BLAZE ORANGE SAFETY 

3401 Blaze camoufl age jacket 

Shell: 100% polyester. Tefl on ® coated 

fabric in Mossy Oak Branch ® pattern. 

Water repellent lightweight jacket with 

large cargo pockets and gamepocket at 

rear. Blaze orange for safety. 

5210 “Gary” vest 

100% polyester. Reversible, blaze orange and green. 

Adjustable hem, extended rear and high collar. Zip slant 

pockets on both sides. Chest pocket on blaze orange side. 

61 Safety band 

Blaze orange colour. To wear around 

the head, hat or sleeve. Velcro closure. 


Blaze orange colour. 

100% polyester. Adjustable. 

With Laksen logo. 

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LEATHER 

566 Buffalo skin 

shooting vest 

Cotton lining. Two extra -large 

cartridge pockets. One rear 

cartridge pocket with easy access. 

166 Buffalo skin trousers 

Removable cotton lining. 

Knife pocket. Slant pockets. 

Rear pocket with fl ap. 

1766 Nubuck trousers 

Jeans style. Removable cotton 

lining. Knife pocket. Two front 

pockets, one rear pocket. 

9801 All Natural Balsam 

All Natural Balsam is made exclusively from natural ingredients: 

lanolin , beeswax, and coconut oil. All Natural Balsam adds natural 

oils to the product, impregnating and preserving, to prevent it drying 

out, cracking and fading. All Natural Balsam is an effective 

substance for surface protection of wood, vinyl, rubber, 

oilskin and leather products. 

Plastic container with 150 ml. Application sponge included. 

5701 “Clay” shooting vest 

Shell: 100% buffalo leather. 

Large cartridge pockets, strap at side for 

attachment of ear protection, two-way zipper , 

adjustable waist, large pockets at rear. 

167 Buffalo skin breeches 


Knife pocket. Adjustable waist 

ties in back. Zipped legs. 

1767 Nubuck breeches 


Knife pocket. Adjustable waist 

ties in back. Zipped legs. 

9701 “Go” leather glove 

100% soft nubuck buffalo leather, 

shooting fi nger. Thinsulate lining. 

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GAITERS - LEGGINGS 

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95 “Hull” gaithers 

Heavy polyester, PU coated, 

nylon lining. Adjustable nylon 

strap. Hook for attachment 

to shoelace. 

96 “Nick” camo gaiters 

Heavy polyester, PU coated, 

nylon lining. Adjustable nylon 

strap. Hook for attachment 

to shoelace. 

608 Leggins 

Polyester, P.U. coated. Durable , effective 

protection for walking through water or high 

grass. Forest green.

UNDERWEAR 

7210 “Bear” underwear 

100% polyester terry knit. Extra thermal insulation, high 

absorbency. Long sleeves. Turtle neck with zipper. 

When combining Laksen underwear with waterproof 

and breathable outerwear you obtain the ideal balance 

in your hunting apparel. 

Unsuitable underwear may eliminate the advantages of 

breathability and insulating ability of your outerwear. 

This may result in excessive perspiration, which in turn 

may lead to body overheating or hypothermia. 

Polyester fi bres combined with the special knit structure 

of Laksen underwear ensure optimum breathability 

and insulation. Your body temperature remains stable, 

so that perspiration or cold will not spoil your hunting 

experience . 

Laksen underwear ensures a constant, pleasant body 

temperature. 

7211 “Bear” long johns 

100% polyester terry knitt 

with French terry back for 

extra thermal insulation. High 

absorbency. 

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LAKSEN 2006/07 

Artwork, text and production: VENTURE Communication A/S 

Printing: Nørhaven Book A/S 

Outdoor photos: Michael Sand, Torsten Wegener a.o. 

Product photos: Jakob & Weiland 

Hunters: Lars Karnøe, Britt Juul Andersen, Maria Louise Busk, Erik Lundsholt, Bent Kiertzner a.o. 

Thanks to Tony Sanchez Ariño & Isabel de Quintanilla, Ivars Silis and Richard Sand − and to J.P. Sauer & Sohn 

and Teviotex − for their participation. 

Thanks to Zeiss and Nystrøm & Krabbe for providing equipment; to Kennel Kragborg for providing dogs, 

and to Lis & Jørn Senger for hospitality and location. 

Laksen reserves the right of modifi cations and alterations of the products without notifi cation. 

The colour reproduction of the clothes is as close to reality as the printing process allows. 

© Copyright Laksen A/S 2006 

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